I have recently returned from a great holiday in Greece.
It’s pretty nice getting the attention around the pool for being in great shape (one of the perks!)
If you want to get in great shape and look lean and athletic like a boxer then let me show you how I do it with my shadow boxing workout.
Firstly, you will get greater results working out first thing in the morning because;
1. You start burning fat right away, training later in the day and you may need
to train for 20 minutes before you even start burning fat!
2. Your metabolism will speed up for the whole day, again helping your body
burn fat more efficiently.
I take two protein shakes a day for recovery and muscle growth, one first thing
in the morning and one after my workout. You also want to ensure you have
protein with every meal. You will not get that physique without doing this, it’s
a fact.
I only eat enough carbs that fit into my palm per meal and fill up on vegetables
and protein, which ensures you don’t store fat. Eating smaller meals every 3
hours will again make a massive difference to your body fat content.
Also drink two glasses of water per meal and regularly during the day, this
keeps your mind sharp and also reduces the need to snack!
Incorporate resistance or weight training into your schedule, it will help
increase your martial arts skills. Once or twice per week will do it.
If you want to build your fitness quickly and get lean, I recommend doing a
shadow boxing workout for the first 10 weeks of your training.
I recommend doing this 3 times per week; it takes around 20 minutes to
complete each shadow boxing workout.
After a couple of months, and when you get to where you want to be weight
wise, fitness wise then just drop this down to 1‐2 per week and replace with more technical boxing training routine.
Here’s my shadow boxing workout circuit.
I work 8 stations – moving straight to the next exercise.
I do 20‐30 reps per exercise and 60 seconds on the bag – do not stop until you complete one set of all the exercises, then I rest for 1 minute and do the next round.
I do 4‐5 full rounds of this circuit, at the end I am dripping and my heart rate is right up there!
If you’re not that fit just work to your maximum start with 10 reps per exercise
and build up from their
Shadow boxing workout
1. Work your boxing Jabs and crosses
Round 1
Left Jab single
Left Jab double
Left Jab right cross
Round 2
Right Jab single
Right Jab double
Right Jab left cross
Round 3
Right cross single
Right Cross double
Right Cross left jab
Round 4
Left cross single
Left Cross double
Left Cross right jab
2. Squats (raise a medicine ball above your head as you come up to increase difficulty)
3. Sit ups using exercise ball (add medicine ball to increase difficulty)
4. Leg Lunches (raise a medicine ball above your head to increase difficulty)
5. Alternate Boxing hooks and uppercuts ‐ 60 secs
Round 1
Left Hook single
Left Hook double
Left hook right hook
Round 2
Right Hook single
Right hook double
Right Hook left hook
Round 3
Left uppercut single
Left uppercut double
Left uppercut right uppercut
Round 4
Right uppercut single
Right uppercut double
Right uppercut left uppercut
6. Oblique sit up twists using a medicine ball.
7. Punching Combinations (taken from lethal fists training program ‐ 60 seconds each round)
Round 1
Left jab
Left jab – right cross
Left jab – right cross – left hook
Left jab – right cross – left hook – right uppercut
Round 2
Right jab
Right jab – left cross
Right jab – left cross – right hook
Right jab – Left cross – right hook – left uppercut
Repeat Round 1
Repeat Round 2
8. Push ups or plank
You can mix the exercise and combinations to keep your shadow boxing workout fresh!
It’s important for me to feel strong, fit, and confident and have lots of energy to achieve my goals. That’s why I train in boxing and cross train to do this.
I hope you like the short insight of how I get into great shape; remember the key is action to get started to becoming a better you.
If you want to learn formidable skills and get in the best shape of your life take a look at Lance Lewis’s boxing workout training program.
Lethal Fists
Boxers are the best when it comes to having the deadliest hands, they hit harder and score more knockouts than any other fighting art. That’s why I got legendary Fighter Lance Lewis to share his best fist fighting secrets so you can make fast work of defeating any opponent.
